According to a report by the US “Washington Post” on the 15th, due to delays in the lawsuit between VOA and the federal government, more than 500 VOA contract workers may lose their jobs before June 30. Carly Lake, a senior adviser to the US International Media Agency, confirmed on the same day that a total of 584 employees of this independent federal agency that oversees US public service media will be fired, most of whom are VOA employees. Lake wrote in an email that according to the executive order signed by US President Donald Trump on March 14, the US International Media Agency is “optimizing the scale and reducing the federal bureaucracy to meet the government's priorities.” “We will continue to reduce institutional bloat and make 'an ancient dinosaur' worthy of funding from hardworking Americans.”

According to a report by the US “Washington Post” on the 15th, due to delays in the lawsuit between VOA and the federal government, more than 500 VOA contract workers may lose their jobs before June 30. Carly Lake, a senior adviser to the US International Media Agency, confirmed on the same day that a total of 584 employees of this independent federal agency that oversees US public service media will be fired, most of whom are VOA employees. Lake wrote in an email that according to the executive order signed by US President Donald Trump on March 14, the US International Media Agency is “optimizing the scale and reducing the federal bureaucracy to meet the government's priorities.” “We will continue to reduce institutional bloat and make 'an ancient dinosaur' worthy of funding from hardworking Americans.”